Seizure, Epilepsy Natural Relief

Seizures are a challenging health condition for many people, if they happen repeatedly it is often diagnosed as Epilepsy. Seizures can come in several forms:

Grand Mal: Unconsciousness, convulsions, muscle rigidity

Absence: Brief loss of consciousness

Myoclonic: Sporadic (isolated), jerking movements

Clonic: Repetitive, jerking movements

Tonic: muscle stiffness, rigidity

Atonic: Loss of muscle tone

The CDC reports that 10% of the population will have one seizure in their lifetime and as many as 3% will be diagnosed with Epilepsy by the age of 80.1 Most people will only have one episode but 50-75% will go on to have a second seizure episode.

Seizures pose a challenge to many healthcare providers not only the people who suffer with the condition. There is not one singular cause that can be connected to seizures. Guidelines on how to treat seizure patients have recently changed in how patients may be managed. The debate is whether to start seizure medication to reduce the risk of another seizure happening.2 Taking a medication for a condition that may never happen again is invasive and under much scrutiny.

Many Seizure patients are seeking a better way to naturally relieve seizures. Dr Johnson in Apple Valley, Minnesota is helping seizure patients get natural relief from seizures. Dr Johnson is an NUCCA Upper Cervical Chiropractor who specializes in the maintaining the proper position of the Atlas bone (C1 vertebra). As the top bone in the neck, the Atlas has an important role with the brain and central nervous system. If the Atlas is misaligned from its normal position it can affect the portions of the brain and nervous system that control body movements.

Clinical studies performed on patients with multiple seizures were assessed for an Atlas bone misalignment: after receiving Upper Cervical Chiropractic care have not only stopped having seizures short term but for extended periods of time.3 By analyzing the Atlas bone and providing a precise adjustment, the brain and nervous system do not suffer from seizures in the body.

References:

Epilepsy fast facts

[Internet]. Atlanta: Center for Disease Control and Prevention; 2010 [updated 1 June 2010; cited 3 March 2012]. Available from: http://www.cdc.gov/epilepsy/basics/fast_facts.htm

Wanjek C. New Advice on What To Do About Seizures. http://www.livescience.com/50538-seizures-epilepsy-guidelines.html (accessed 15 May 2015).